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Voigt, Terfel: Like a teenage tomboy.

Met's "Die Walküre' in HD-Live Cinema

Wagner, up close and personal

On stage, Wagner's Die Walküre too often comes across as an overwrought spectacle. Thanks to the close-ups provided by video cameras, we can see Walküre for what it really is: an intimate story of personal relationships.
Steve Cohen

Steve Cohen

Articles 4 minute read
Frazier: Brilliance and nuance, too.

Camerata Ama Deus's all-Handel concert

At home in the Baroque

Like all musical organizations, Valentin Radu's Ama Deus mini-empire has its strengths and weaknesses. But you can be certain you'll get your money's worth when Radu leads his Camerata chamber orchestra through a Baroque period instrument concert.
Tom Purdom

Tom Purdom

Articles 3 minute read
Owens: Climbing the ladder.

Dolce Suono's Mahler/Schoenberg festival

Mahler and Schoenberg in a whole new light

Dolce Suono's live-wire leader, Mimi Stillman, combined a new music mini-festival with memorable performances of two established works while demonstrating, once again, that her talent for creating fascinating programs rivals her abilities as a flutist.
Tom Purdom

Tom Purdom

Articles 4 minute read
Pedersen: Thrill of the high B.

"The Merry Widow' in Wilmington

The good old days (before microphones, even)

After a century, how does Lehár's The Merry Widow hold up? This Wilmington production recalled Broadway's post-World War II golden age, propelled by broad humor, energetic dancing and a blissful absence of mechanical amplification.
Steve Cohen

Steve Cohen

Articles 3 minute read
Capilla Flamenca: Belgian by-product.

Piffaro's Heinrich Isaacs concert

Mellowing with age

In 25 years, Piffaro has evolved from musical brawls to more refined Renaissance repertoire. Are all of us mellowing as we age along with Piffaro's musicians? Or is our appreciation of Renaissance music growing more sophisticated?
Tom Purdom

Tom Purdom

Articles 4 minute read
Masur: Less taut but still grand.

Orchestra plays Shostakovich and Tchaikovsky

Exits and entrances

The Philadelphia Orchestra's Russian Spring continued with performances of the Shostakovich First and the Tchaikovsky Sixth symphonies under guest conductor Kurt Masur. Barely 30 years separate these works, but it seems more like a century.
Robert Zaller

Robert Zaller

Articles 5 minute read
Jazimina MacNeil as Idamante: Girls will be boys. (Photo: Jill Steinberg.)

Curtis Opera's "Idomeneo'

Mozart on the cusp of greatness

Idomeneo isn't Mozart's greatest musical creation, but it's the opera he produced just before the ultimate flowering of his talent.
Tom Purdom

Tom Purdom

Articles 4 minute read

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Nitescu: A circle not quite squared. (Photo: Marty Sohl.)

Opera Company's "Tosca'

If it has melody, who needs logic?

The Opera Company of Philadelphia's Tosca is well sung and for the most part well mounted. If you don't look too closely at plot or character, the gorgeous arias will work their usual magic.
Robert Zaller

Robert Zaller

Articles 5 minute read
Maneval: Starker than Schubert.

New works by Maneval, Levinson and DuBois

Three new composers and a thousand crickets

Three new works by Philadelphia composers added depth and zest to concerts that placed them shoulder-to-shoulder with music that has survived decades of scrutiny.
Tom Purdom

Tom Purdom

Articles 3 minute read
Groves: No pity for Oedipus.

Philadelphia Orchestra's Stravinsky concert

Stravinsky confronts the gods

Charles Dutoit reprised two strikingly paired and vividly contrasting Stravinsky masterpieces, in a program both intellectually and musically satisfying. Meanwhile, the Orchestra lost a key performer in clarinetist Ricardo Morales.
Robert Zaller

Robert Zaller

Articles 8 minute read